Image Credit: Diego Bustamante Would you like a cup of moss? It’s lush green, fluffy, and alive! Barcelona-based Jeanette Ramirez has been experimenting with moss for quite a while. She started by collecting moss around the city, reproducing it using beer and yoghurt, and covering ugly holes in old walls. Ramirez has become fascinating by this smooth green living thing that is very difficult to extract alive and grow, but finally she managed to keep it breathing and beautiful. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: fueg0 While most young students are happy just having their academic achievements displayed on the refrigerator door at home, there are others whose sights are set a little higher — and I’m not talking about the freezer. A group of elementary schoolchildren in Devon, England recently made a study on how bees identify colors that is, well, groundbreaking. They may be kids, but for the editor of the journal ‘Biology Letters’, their research was anything but child’s play — in fact, it’s being hailed as “a genuine advance in the field” — so much so, they’ve decided to pu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo credit: Terracycle Terracycle has always been a company with a trashy reputation, what with our reusing everything from soda bottles to Ziploc bags. Millions of people have been collecting these things, and we’ve made them into all manner of products. But that wasn’t enough. We decided it’s time to turn our upcycling expertise (okay, gregarious bumbling!) on ourselves: Nearly every bit of our office interior is now made from upcycled materials. And we wanted you to be among the first to see it…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Rare Earth Element Mining is Re-Starting in the U.S. to Break China’s Near-Monopoly
December 22, 2010 No Comment
Image: BMacZero , Public Domain More a Market Phenomenon than a Geological Problem Rare earth elements (which aren’t as rare as their name implies) are essential components for the manufacturing of many things, including electric vehicles and
Continue reading …Planet 100: 5 Skyscrapers Pushing Green to Towering New Heights (Video)
December 22, 2010 No Comment
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Martin Erzinger, left, with his attorney Richard Tegtmeier. (Kristin Anderson, Vail Daily ) The rich are different from you and me when it comes to having “accidents.” Martin Erzinger beat a felony rap for almost killing a cyclist because it might affect his job as a fund manager of a cool billion bucks; His lawyer actually tried to use ” new car smell ” as a defense; now it turns … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Inhabitat When I met Andrew Michler at Greenbuild in Chicago I wanted his camera; now I want his voice recorder too. He caught a great interview with architect and writer William McDonough, co-author of the seminal 2002 book Cradle to Cradle and the founder of the n… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via YouTube video The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium in Pudong gave visitors an extra treat when they saw Santa swim past. An employee with the aquarium donned the special suit and hopped in with sharks to raise awareness about the state of ocean biodiversity and the problem of shark finning. Check out a video of the dive after the jump…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Screenshot via Not For Sale Ethical shopping is no easy task. It’s often hard to know which companies use child or forced labor, and which stick to paying adequate wages and other fair labor policies. But a newly released phone app helps consumers with just that kind of information: from Hasbro toys to Nike shoes to Apple gadgets, Free2Work has the information you need to ensure you’re not supporting child labor—all on the go, from your phone, while you shop. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Answer Your Climate Skeptic Relatives PDQ With NRDC’s Holiday Global Warming FAQ
December 22, 2010 No Comment
photo: William Brawley / Creative Commons During any holiday where seldom-seen family members may gather, for the green-minded awkward conversations often arise. If your relatives are of the climate change questioning, if not outright climate change deniers,
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